A GICANTIC PROPOSAL
SUBWAYS UNDER SYDNEY HARBOR. TO COST ONE AND THREE-QUAR-TER MILLION.. ■. J. United Phess Association—Copyright. (Received March 29, 10.45 p.m.) A- . . . .''- " SYDNEY, March 29. The. Royal Commission’s report on, communication between Sydney and North Sydney favors subways on the grounds that the fairway of the harbor must not be constructed as it would be by a bridge, and that tlie capital cost will be less than .that of a bridge. The Commission recommends a subway for railway traffic with a- city terminus in More Street, costing £753,000, a second for .a tramway -at a cost of £460,000, and a third for vehicular traffic to cost £502,000. The report points out that the subway can be constructed separately, whereas a bridge would have to be completed before any of the respective services were available.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2463, 30 March 1909, Page 5
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135A GICANTIC PROPOSAL Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2463, 30 March 1909, Page 5
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